Holder for lesson scrolls



Patented Nov. 20, 1934 v UNITED STATES,

PATENT orrics 4 Claims.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in holders for lesson scrolls.

It is the principal object of my invention to provide a simple scroll support and backing plate i or sheet that may be economically fabricated from material such as fiber board and then rapidly assembled in a supporting frame or easel without the use'of tools.

It is another object of my invention to provide a scroll support and backing plate that may be assembled in a previously finished frame or easel, permitting the latter to be expeditiously finished y i pi It is still another object of my invention to '16- provide a scroll support and backing plate that is essentially flat, thereby lending itself to economical storage in. a fiat, compact mass before inclusion in the easel or frame.

U My backing plate in combination with the scroll support, forms a backing for the scroll at its exposed points, to prevent a child from easily damaging or puncturing it.

My combined scroll support and backing plate M lends itself to a multiplicity of uses, and more particularly as an easily insertible support and reinforcement for vertically or horizontally movable lesson scrolls.

Other important and incidental objects will be brought out in the following specification and ao-lparticularly set forth in the subjoined claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a fragmentary, perspective View of an easel frame, showing a horizontally actuated scroll mounted on my improved scroll lesson support. Figure 2 is a perspective View of an easel frame, showing a vertically actuated scroll mounted on my improved scroll lesson support. Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of my improved scroll lesson support and backing plate before being formed to receive the shafts. Figure 4 is also a fragmentary perspective view of my improved scroll lesson support and backing plate with the scroll shafts in place.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 45..155 of Figure 2, showing one of the scrolls in section. And Figure 6 is a longitudinal, sectional view taken on the line 66 of Figure 5.

Referring now to the drawing for a detailed description of the different forms of embodiment bf my invention, the numeral 1 designates a conventional easel or frame having vertical side members 2 and 3, a head 4, and a bottom member 5, providing within the enclosure thus formed a scroll-lesson frame 6. (See Figures 1 and 2.) The back of the frame 6 is effectively closed by a sheet 7 of heavy fibre board or other suitable material that is secured to the edges of said frame, which it overlaps. My scroll-lesson support and backing plate 8 carrying the scroll shafts 9-9, is now inserted in the frame 6 against the sheet '7.

Over the front portion of the frame 6 there is secured a face plate 10 that overlaps the former and has therein a large central opening 11, sub-, stantially the width of the backing plate and extending from scroll to scroll. (See Figures 1 5 and 2.)

My improved scroll lesson support and backing plate 8, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, preferably consists of two narrow elongated scroll shaft supports 12, 12 secured in parallelism to the op- 7 posite edges of a backing sheet or plate 13. These supports are formed at their ends with apertures 14, 14 in which the scroll shaft ends are journalled. These supports 12, 12 and backing plate 13 are punched or otherwise formed from heavy 7 fibre stock or other suitable material, the width of the plate being slightly less than the spacing of the apertures 14, 14 in each support 12. (See Figures 3 and 4.)

The backing sheet 13, when assembled with the supports 12, 12, is centered on the latter, after which the ends of the plate, to which the supports are secured, are formed at right angles therewith along crease lines a-a at each end of the plate. (See Figures 3 and 4.)

To the scroll-lesson shafts 9, 9, now positioned in the apertures 14, the ends of a scroll sheet 15 are secured. This scroll is adapted to be wound from one to the other as the shafts are rotated. Between the shafts the scroll sheet 15 is supported by the backing plate 13, which, when the support 8 is placed in the frame 6, will hold the sheet smoothly and firmly against the face plate 10.

At one side of the scroll sheet 15 there is formed in the end of each shaft 9 an axial hole 16 which receives the shaft of a crank 1'7. The cranks 1'7, 1'7, after being forced through holes 18, 18 in the adjacent member of the frame 6, enter registering-holes 16, 16 in the ends of the shafts 9, 9 respectively. 7

When the cranks 1'7, 1'7 are inserted in their respective shafts 9, 9, the latter may be rotated to move the scroll across the backing plate 13, to successively display within the opening 11, the educational characters upon the scroll sheet 15. The backing plate 13 also reinforces the scroll sheet with suflicient rigidity to prevent a child from forcing his or her finger through it.

' When it is desired to replace the scroll sheet means other than the face plate 10 and back plate 7, are required to retain the scroll mechanism in place within the frame 6.

This simple structure may be very quickly and easily fabricated and assembled without tools. The backing plate 13 with the supports 12, 12 is essentially fiat and lends itself to economical storage in a compact form during manufacture.

The frame 6 may also be completely finished and dipped, before assembling the scroll and face plate, thus eliminating spraying and brush work.

In Figure 1 I have shown my improved scroll lesson support adapted to move the scroll'horizontally, and in Figure 2 I havedisclosed a similar structure adapted to move the scroll vertically. It is obvious that by changing the proportions of the various members, my improved scroll lesson support can be used with scrolls of various sizes that may be required to successively present the lesson objects printed thereon either vertically or horizontally.

My scroll supportand backing plate combines the qualities of economy of manufacture with ease'and quickness of assembly and removal. It lends itself to compact storage and-may be, em-

ployed with efiiciency to support both vertically and horizontally movable scrolls.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A holder for lesson scrolls insertible in a scroll-receiving frame, comprising a backing sheet, and a scroll shaft supporting strip hingedly secured to each edge of said sheet, wherebythe latter may be folded fiat for storage, or the strips turned at right angles thereto to receive the scroll shafts for support within the scroll-receiving frame.

2. A holder for lesson scrolls insertible in a scroll-receiving frame, comprising a backing sheet, and a scroll shaft supporting strip hingedly secured to each edge of said sheet, and projecting beyond each side thereof, the projecting end of each strip being formed with a shaft receiving aperture, said backing sheet adapted to be folded flat for storage, or the strips turned at right angles to the sheet to receive the scroll shafts for support within the scroll-receiving frame.

3. In a scroll-receiving frame, a pair of scroll shaft supporting members insertible in said frame,

a backing plate to whose ends the shaft-supporting members are hingedly secured, a scroll shaft carried by opposite supporting members, a scroll secured at its ends to said shafts, and means insertible in said shafts for rotating them to move the scroll from one shaft to the other over said backing plate.

4. In a scroll-receiving frame, a pair of scroll shaft supporting members insertible in said frame, a backing plate to whose ends the shaft supporting members are hingedly secured, the ends of said members projecting beyond the back ing sheet and formed with apertures, scroll shafts inserted in the opposite apertured ends of said supporting members, a scroll secured at its ends to said shafts, and crank handles insertiblein said shafts for rotating them to move the scroll from one shaft to the other over said backing plate. r

. HORATIO G. CRESS. I 

